Pitești–Craiova Expressway

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DX12 expressway
Drumul expres DX12
Pitești–Craiova Expressway
Drumul expres Pitești–Craiova
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România
Length121 km (planned) (75 mi)
57 km (in construction)
Major junctions
From A1 near Pitești
To A6 near Craiova (planned)
Highway system
← A11→ A13

The Pitești–Craiova Expressway (Romanian: Drumul expres Pitești–Craiova) (DX12) is an expressway partially under construction in the south-western part of Romania, previously labelled as A12, when it was considered as a future motorway.[1] It will connect the cities of Pitești (branching off the A1 motorway), Slatina and Craiova (where it is planned to merge with the also planned A6 motorway), being 121 km long, with an estimated total cost of 1.66 billion euro.[2]

History[]

While planned as a motorway, the construction was tendered as a concession contract in March 2013,[3] that should have been awarded until December 2013.[2] It was also yet to be decided whether it would be built as a motorway or an expressway.[4]

In April 2017, it was suggested for the first time that this road will be an express road and not a motorway.[5] Despite receiving criticism in the media for this switch,[6] the road was tendered in November 2017.[7]

It is split into four sections. The tenders for the sections 3 and 4 were canceled in August 2018,[8] while for the sections 1 and 2 the contracts were awarded in October 2018 to the Italian company Tirrena Scavi and the Romanian company Spedition UMB, respectively.[9] In September 2020 the contracts for the sections 3 and 4 had been signed with the Romanian joint-venture SA&PE Construct-Spedition UMB-Tehnostrade, without waiting for the decisions of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, the bids being challenged by several other participants.[10]

Works on section 3 were allowed to begin in 2021,[11] but the contract for section 4 was cancelled by the Bucharest Court of Appeal as a result of its admission of contestations, who obliged the CNAIR to review the bids of the Chinese company China Railway, of the Turkish company Nurol, and of the Italian company Rizzani.[12] In August 2021, the contract for section 4 was signed again with the same Romanian joint-venture with which the first contract was signed.[13]

The automaker Ford, who has a car plant in Craiova, had been among the major entities that had constantly asked for works on the expressway to begin as soon as possible over the years. Due to this, the expressway is sometimes referred to as the Autostrada Ford (Ford motorway) as a unofficial name for the DX12.[14] In May 2021, the CNAIR submitted a request for the financing of a feasibility study and technical project for what could be a new connecting road between National Road 6 near the Ford Craiova plant and the DX12 expressway.[15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://media.hotnews.ro/media_server1/document-2014-10-1-18214311-0-sinteza-oficiala-masterplanului-general-transport.pdf
  2. ^ a b "Şova: Tronsoanele de autostradă Comarnic-Braşov, Craiova-Piteşti şi centura de sud a Capitalei, gata până la alegerile din 2016". Mediafax. 12 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Contract de concesiune de lucrari publice privind proiectarea, constructia, finantarea, operarea si întretinerea Drumului Expres / Autostrada Craiova - Pitesti*, km 0+000 - km 121+185". CNADNR. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Craiova - Pitești, drum expres sau autostradă?". Gazeta de Sud. 31 March 2013.
  5. ^ (romaniajournal.ro) Pitesti-Craiova will be express road, not highway – Transport Minister says: http://www.romaniajournal.ro/pitesti-craiova-will-be-express-road-not-highway-transport-minister-says/
  6. ^ "Deputat USR: În loc de autostrada Craiova - Piteşti, "vor să construiască un drum de nivelul anilor '50-'60"". 14 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Au fost deschise ofertele la licitaţia pentru drumul expres Craiova-Piteşti -". 23 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Licitaţii anulate pentru şoseaua Craiova-Pitești".
  9. ^ "HARTĂ INTERACTIVĂ Au fost desemnați constructorii pentru jumătate din Drumul expres Pitești - Craiova: 385 de milioane de euro pentru circa 60 de km. Vezi cine sunt câștigătorii și pe unde va trece viitoarea șosea - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". October 2018.
  10. ^ "Drumul Expres DX12 Craiova - Pitești: Ultimele două tronsoane, contractate cu UMB / Decizia CNAIR care grăbește implementarea proiectului". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  11. ^ "VIDEO Imagini din dronă, în premieră, cu începutul lucrărilor la lotul 3 al drumului expres Craiova-Pitești". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  12. ^ ""Autostrada Ford". Instanța obligă CNAIR să reevalueze ofertele pentru tronsonul 4, după ce a semnat deja contract cu Umbrărescu". Economica.net (in Romanian). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  13. ^ "Drumul Expres DX12 Craiova - Pitești: A fost semnat contractul pe ultimul tronson cu românii de la UMB, același constructor care anul acesta ar urma sa finalizeze circa 40 de km din proiect". HotNews.ro. 17 August 2021.
  14. ^ "VIDEO Drumul expres Craiova-Pitești / Decizie inedită a CNAIR: semnează cu firmele lui Dorinel Umbrărescu contractele pentru construcția tronsoanelor 3 și 4, deși sunt contestații pe rol la Curtea de Apel". G4Media (in Romanian). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  15. ^ "CNAIR construieşte un drum de legătură între Uzina Ford Craiova şi Drumul Expres Craiova – Piteşti. Cum va fi finanţat". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-08-03.

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